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Flat Earther is not one of the options available from what I can tell. I suppose it falls under conspiracist although that is a pretty broad category. Fruitari
by ideals 6y ago
Flat Earther is not one of the options available from what I can tell. I suppose it falls under conspiracist although that is a pretty broad category.
Fruitarian, Prepper, Liberal, Conservative, Conspiracist, Climate Denier
The web design is really good! And it's funded by Mozilla which is cool
- TulliusCicero 6y agoSome of the prepper videos actually look kinda cool. Lots of DIY stuff.
- RIMR 6y agoPreppers are just paranoid DIYers.
- eggsnbacon1 6y agolol so true
- ballenf 6y agoCivilization short-selling + DIY.
- drewcoo 6y agopredicting problems + planning prevention = preparedness Preppers seem paranoid because mental health is a normative social function and they're on an edge of the spectrum.
- tantalor 6y ago> normative social function ?
- chordalkeyboard 6y agonot the person you replied to but they probably mean that mental health is defined by a range of acceptable behaviors and they are close to the edge of the range.
- rhacker 6y agoI would have thought that no one would use the word paranoid to describe a prepper after that many deaths, but here we are.
- jopsen 6y agoWould 1% risk of death be enough for you to isolate yourself from society 2-3 years until we have widespread vaccine adoption? Preparing for the end of civilization is perhaps a bit paranoid (I hope), or at least somewhat pointless :) Side note: that said there is probably many reasonable DIY outdoor enthusiasts who gets categorized as preppers.
- rhacker 6y agoUm, absolutely Yes. In fact that's what we have and Yes I have been isolating myself. I'm waiting for case counts to drop to 0 before I go back. There's probably a fair number of people like that.
- grogenaut 6y agoThis is part of the prepper hole. Also it's like one upping the Jones. I'm more off grid than u!
- creaghpatr 6y agoWhat's a fruitarian?
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoSomeone with a blender and a warped idea of a healthy diet.
- zacharycohn 6y agoSomeone who only eats fruit.
- ideals 6y agoRemember how Steve Jobs only ate fruit? It's that.
- jabroni_salad 6y agoSeems like that category is a mixture of vegan and no-cook meals.
- MattGaiser 6y agoA type of vegan.
- grardb 6y agoNot always the case: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23988446 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23988446
- sydd 6y agoA stricter form of veganism, where you only eat raw fruit. Steve Jobs and Gandhi was fruitarian too; usually such people practice indian spiritualism in some form too (e.g. yoga)
- grardb 6y agoNot quite. Veganism is a belief system, whereas fruitarianism is a diet. The latter is compatible with veganism since the diet contains no animal products, but you can be a fruitarian who exploits animals in a non-dietary fashion (e.g. wearing leather, buying products tested on animals, etc.). Also, my understanding is that at least some fruitarians allow for some amount of nuts/seeds and leafy greens, but I don't know if that's universally accepted.
- ideals 6y agoNow that I've had a chance to click through each of the sections and browse different days I want to follow up. First, a lot of the videos are pretty old, multiple years old. That seems weird but idk maybe that's how YouTube works I guess. There's not a lot of variety in the channels on each section. This is likely due to what subscriptions are setup. Most of the videos are pretty tame. I've seen a lot worse casually browsing YT so I think being able to crank it up to 11 would be a fun feature of the site. Observations based solely on what I saw, Fruitarians seem to be about eating healthy and working out. Preppers are about diy living off the grid and less about stockpiling guns. Liberals watch a lot of comedy news type shows and music reviews. Most of their focus is what Republicans are doing Conservatives have a show featuring Tito Ortiz who is famous for taking a lot of brain damage in the UFC which I thought was funny. More to their category tho, it featured a lot of videos doing "gotchas" on liberals. Conspiracists watch a lot of videos by some guy named Shane and unsolved mysteries videos. Climate Deniers I think this channel wasn't tuned right or maybe they really do watch a lot of videos put out by the oil industry (they aren't obfuscating this)
- nemosaltat 6y agoCame to say the same. The notes mention that the profiles are updated daily, I wonder if “Flat Earther” used to be a profile. Perhaps reimertz chose that post title because it concisely conveys the spirit of the site, even if it isn’t an actual option.